By Kriss Rant, Commercial Systems Division
With MPE/iX Release 7.5, HP is introducing updated HP e3000
A-Class and N-Class Servers which are based on the PA-8700 processor technology.
The updated HP e3000 entry level A-Class servers replace the
current A-Class configurations, which are based on the 110 and 140
MHz PA-8500 processors. These updated servers come in 1 to 2-way multi-processing
configurations using 150 and 200 MHz PA-8700 processors and have
a relative performance between 4.8 and 11.
Server
Product Number
Description
Relative Perf.
SW Tier
A400-100-150
A7018C
A400 1-way server using a 150 MHz processor
4.8
1 (310)
A500-100-200
A7019C
A500 1-way server using a 200 MHz processor
6.4
1 (310)
A500-200-200
A7019C plus A7020A proc.
A500 2-way server using a 200 MHz processor
11
1 (310)
The HP e3000 A400 Server supports only one 150 MHz processor,
and the HP e3000 A500 Server supports one or two 200 MHz processors.
The HP e3000 A400 Servers support two Twin Turbo 4x PCI I/O
slots with 500 Mbytes/sec of I/ O bandwidth each. The HP e3000 A500
Servers support two Twin Turbo 4x PCI I/O slots with 500 Mbytes/sec
of I/O bandwidth each and two Turbo 2x PCI I/O slots that share
500 Mbytes/sec of I/O bandwidth. Each HP e3000 A-Class Server comes
with a core I/O card that has one Ultra2 SCSI LVD/SE connection
for external peripherals; one SE SCSI connection for external
peripherals, two Ultra2 SCSI busses for integrated disks; three
RS-232 ports for console, remote access and uninterruptible power
supply (UPS) control; and one 10/100BaseT LAN connection.
HP e3000 A-Class Servers can also support one or two internal disk
drives of 18, 36 or 73 Gbytes in size.
HP e3000 A400 Servers support up to 2 Gbytes of main memory
and A500 Servers support up to 8 Gbytes of main memory. In addition,
all HP e3000 A-Class Servers come standard with the HP Secure Web
Console functionality integrated onto the Core I/O card.
PA-8500 based A500 Servers are fully upgradable to the new
PA-8700 processor technology; however, PA-8500 based A400 Servers
are not upgradable to this new technology. I requires a box-swap.
The updated HP e3000 mid-range and high-end N-Class servers
replace the current N-Class configurations, which are based on the
220, 330, 440 and 550 MHz PA-8500 and PA-8600 processors. These
updated servers come in 1 to 4-way multi-processing configurations
using 380, 500 and 750 MHz PA-8700 processors and have a relative
performance between 15 and 100.
Server
Product Number
Description
Relative Perf.
SW Tier
N4000-100-380
A6103C
N4000 1-way server using a 380 MHz processor
15
4 (330)
N4000-200-380
A6103C plus A7015A proc.
N4000 2-way server using 380 MHz processors
27
4 (330)
N4000-100-500
A6914C
N4000 1-way server using a 500 MHz processor
20
4 (330)
N4000-200-500
A6914C plus A7016A proc.
N4000 2-way server using 500 MHz processors
37
4 (330)
N4000-300-500
A6914C plus A7016A proc.
N4000 3-way server using 500 MHz processors
52
4 (330)
N4000-400-500
A6914C plus A7016A proc.
N4000 4-way server using 500 MHz processors
65
4 (330)
N4000-300-750
A7014C
N4000 3-way server using 750 MHz processors
79
6 (340)
N4000-400-750
A7014C plus A7017A proc.
N4000 4-way server using 750 MHz processors
100
6 (340)
HP e3000 380 MHz N-Class Servers support 1 or 2 processors,
and the 500 and 750 MHz N-Class Servers support 1 to 4 processors.
The HP e3000 N-Class Servers support ten Twin Turbo 4x PCI
I/O slots with 480-530 Mbytes/sec of I/O bandwidth each. They also
support two Turbo 2x PCI I/O slots with 240-266 Mbytes/sec of I/O
bandwidth each. Each HP e3000 N-Class Server comes with a core I/O
card that has one Ultra2 SCSI LVD/SE connection for external peripherals;
two Ultra2 SCSI busses for integrated disks; three RS-232 ports
for console, remote access and uninterruptible power supply (UPS)
control; and one 10/100BaseT LAN connection. HP e3000 N-Class
Servers can also support one or two internal disk drives of 18,
36 or 73 Gbytes in size.
HP e3000 N-Class Servers support up to 16 Gbytes of main memory.
In addition, all HP e3000 N-Class Servers come standard with the
HP Secure Web Console functionality integrated onto the Core I/O card.
PA-8500/PA-8600 based N-Class Servers are fully upgradable
to the new PA-8700 processor technology.
All HP e3000 A-Class and N-Class Servers come standard with
an unlimited user license and with Image/SQL bundled into the server.
Customers who wish to buy the Allbase/SQL database can purchase
the Allbase/SQL product (30368B) and specify an appropriate SW Tier
option. In addition, HP e3000 to HP 9000 hardware conversion kits
are also available for these servers as a separately orderable product.
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